Host plant density and patch isolation drive occupancy and abundance at a butterfly's northern range margin

Abstract Marginal populations are usually small, fragmented, and vulnerable to extinction, which makes them particularly interesting from a conservation point of view. They are also the starting point of range shifts that result from climate change, through a process involving colonization of newly...

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Main Authors: Yoan Fourcade, Erik Öckinger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2017-01-01
Series:Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2597